רעפֿיוזניק

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English refusenik. By surface analysis, English refuse +‎ ־ניק (-nik).

Noun

רעפֿיוזניק • (refyuznik) m, plural רעפֿיוזניקעס (refyuznikes)

  1. refusenik, otkaznik

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “refusenik”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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